Jang Newspaper Today

SC seeks clarification on Jang newspaper's 'fake news' on 'CJP wanting Shahbaz to be next PM'

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday took notice of a "fake news" in Jang newspaper and summoned Mir Shakeelur Rahman, the chief editor and publisher of The News and Jang, to court for a clarification...

”"Everything will be fixed if the newspaper is shut for four days," Justice Nisar warned on Monday, adding that the court had already rejected Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah's statement on the matter...

'Sab Se Bari Jang' launched

It happened on Saturday evening when a book detailing the movement for freedom of expression of 1977-78 titled Sab Se Bari Jang, written and compiled by eminent journalist and poet Ahfazur Rehman, was launched at the Arts Council...

He lamented that today there were elements in the media which kept repeating Pakistan’s national narrative (qaumi bayanyey) but conveniently ignored the workers’ movements in the past or the Hari tehreek...

REVIEW: In the name of freedom:Ahfazur Rahman's Sub Se Barri Jang

Ahfaz was general secretary of the Karachi Union of Journalists and secretary general of the joint committee that acted as a coordinating body between the PFUJ and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees’ Confederation...

The book contains letters written by Barna to some newspaper tycoons and the facsimiles of his letters from various jails to his colleagues and friends...

Jang Group executive director kidnapped in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Gunmen have kidnapped Jang Group Executive Director Abid Abdullah in Peshawar, a senior police official said Thursday...

Mushtaq Khan said that Abdullah, who arrived in Peshawar from Islamabad on Tuesday, was seized as he left for a hotel after visiting the local printer for Jang...

Jang group 'must clarify' why correction of 'fake news' wasn't published: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday ordered The News and Urdu daily Jang to publish a clarification explaining why the newsgroup failed to run a correction regarding a news story that appeared in the newspapers on Monday claiming the CJP wanted Shahbaz Sharif to be the next prime minister...

The CJP on Monday took notice of a "fake news" story published in The News and Jang dailies titled "Wants Shahbaz Sharif...

SC issues notice to Jang, The News for 'misreporting' CJP's remarks

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Urdu newspaper Jang and English daily The News for allegedly misreporting a court story, in which the top judiciary had appeared to criticise the government...

The two publications, in their lead stories today, had reported that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, while hearing a suo motu case of illegal construction in Banigala, had "remarked that the current government...

SC accepts apologies from Jang, The News representatives for 'misreporting' CJP's remarks

Urdu newspaper Jang and English daily The News had in their lead stories on Wednesday reported that CJP Nisar, while hearing a suo motu case of illegal construction in Banigala, had "remarked that the current government lacked capability and planning"...

APNS slams denial of govt ads to Dawn, Jang groups

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has condemned the move on the part of federal as well as Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to stop providing advertisements to the Dawn and Jang media groups, terming the act a violation of the principles of press freedom...

The resolution further said the executive committee of APNS stood by Dawn and Jang media groups and urged the federal and provincial governments to...

CPJ calls on government to lift suspension of ads to Dawn and Jang media groups

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Pakistani authorities to stop withholding government advertisements to the Dawn and Jang media groups and grant ads to media outlets "without regard for their editorial stances"...

“The Pakistani government’s selective ban on placing advertisements with Dawn and Jang, two prominent and independent news organisations, amounts to a crude form of retaliation,” said Steven Butler,...

Jang Group CEO Shakilur Rehman arrested by NAB

Editor-in-chief of Geo/Jang Group Mir Shakilur Rahman was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on Thursday in a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54-kanal land, said spokesperson of the bureau Nawazish Ali...

NAB arrests Jang group owner in 34-year-old land case

LAHORE: The National Acc­ountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in a 34-year-old case related to 54-kanal land he allegedly acquired “illegally” in the tenure of then chief minister of Punjab Nawaz Sharif...

In a statement, NAB said Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman would be presented before an accountability court in Lahore on Friday (today) to obtain his physical remand...

Unfair to label Jang group owner's arrest as 'revenge' tactics by govt: Awan

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said it was unfair to term the arrest of Jang Group's Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rahman as revenge tactics by the government for his media house's stance...

Today, an accountability court in Lahore gave the bureau 12-day physical remand of Rahman...

Lahore court directs NAB to facilitate Jang Group owner's meeting with family as per law

An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to facilitate the meetings of Jang Group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman with his family members according to the law...

NAB summons Nawaz in Jang group owner case

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before it on March 20 in the case against Jang group owner Mir Shalikur Rehman...

According to NAB, Nawaz Sharif had illegally leased 54-kanal land to Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman in 1986 and he was summoned to record his statement in the case...

Three opposition parties file petition against arrest of Jang group owner

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Three opposition parties — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) — have jointly filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against what they called a crackdown by the government on Geo TV and the arrest of Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman...

The petition claimed that before arrest of the Jang group’s chief, the government had warned...